Columbia University School of Nursing

Join our Center for Improving Palliative Care for Vulnerable Adults with MCC (CIPC) for an event on Creating HealthEquity in Palliative and Hospice Care Research and Practice, featuring Abraham Brody from the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing on Thursday, 2/11 at 12pm. Register: https://bit.ly/2Yyiaxo

On #WorldCancerDay, we invite you to take a look at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (Columbia Cancer) recently released annual report, detailing their work in the fight against cancer. Make sure to check out the In the Face of the Pandemic: Faces on the Frontline article for first-hand stories from our #healthcareheroes who bravely served on the COVID-19 front lines. Featured in the story are Assistant Professors Maura Abbott and Kellie Bryant and DNP student Claire Brieva. #ColumbiaNursingStrong Photo credit: Eileen Barroso https://bit.ly/3j6a2hc

Congratulations to Assistant Professors Billy Caceres and Kasey Jackman, who are recipients of a Seed Funding Award from the Columbia University's Data Science Institute for their study titled, mHealth-Based Data Science Approach to Examine the Association of Minority Stressors with Sleep Health in Black and/or Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Adults. The one-year study funded for $75K will study sleep health in Black and Latinx sexual and gender minority adults to determine if findings support the need to develop precision sleep health interventions tailored to their unique experiences. Bravo!

Introducing #StoriesofColumbiaNursing! This initiative, created by our Student Council, aims to highlight different students who make up #ColumbiaNursing’s unique and diverse student body. So many students play an important role in our nursing community, and we’d like to showcase the various backgrounds each student comes from, their goals and aspirations, and what they are currently doing to work towards those future dreams, through their stories on Columbia Nursing’s soci...al media channels. Students, we invite you to share your experiences with us and the rest of the nursing community! Submit your story: https://bit.ly/36P3Jdd

We’re thrilled to announce that we are ranked #4 for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for schools of nursing nationally for the second year in a row! We are proud to be a national leader in research and in advancing patient care. https://bit.ly/2YDxusY

As we prepare for tomorrow’s election, we wanted to share some words from the #ColumbiaNursing Student Council, pictured here using the #ColumbiaVotes photo booth, about this important moment in history. If you haven’t yet voted, make nurses proud and get out there and #vote tomorrow! #BeAColumbiaVoter #ColumbiaVotes Nurses have historically stood on the front lines of mass protests, of pandemics, civil rights, and it is our moment to join that legacy of advocacy and chang...e and exercise our most precious civic duty, the power of casting our vote. We have the opportunity to shift the tide; to make our morals, ethics, and holistic beliefs heard. And to show the nation just how strong the voices of nurses truly are. Never in our lives has an election been so important. The very moral spirit of America is at play, and we as student nurses, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses in training, and nurse-scientists have an important voice in the shaping of our nation. We all come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, that represent a microcosm of what America is: a melting pot of beautiful lives that enrich the very essence of this nation. This is our year, a year for us to stand proud, know the worth of our actions, of our words, that we are nurses, Columbia Nurses. Show your civic engagement using the #ColumbiaVotes photo booth: https://bit.ly/3o6uoJj

Students: are you interested in learning more about our student organizations? Join us for a virtual student organization meet and greet tomorrow! https://bit.ly/2TjUo5H

Students: join us for the next Student Council Forum featuring the Racial Justice Committee this Wednesday, November 4 from 6-7pm. Student Council Open Forums aim to inform students about upcoming events and activities, provide updates about the work that is in progress, and give students a forum to ask questions.

Join us for the second part of our well-being lecture series on One Motion / Calibration featuring Hadrien Coumans from the Lenape Center on Wednesday, November 4 from 1 2:30pm. The Lenape is the indigenous tribe on whose land Columbia Nursing stands on today. https://bit.ly/2JlrXmm

Have you picked up your Columbia University in the City of New York mask yet? Tag us in your photos wearing the mask and share what you are doing to #KeeptheCompact.

What does it feel like to be a nurse, on the receiving end of a nurse’s care? Alum Kevin Browne ‘92 shared his touching story about his experience with COVID-19, and the team who saved his life with the Today Show.

MDE-DNP student Robert Trolley is one of many students who are transitioning from learning basic skills to learning about specialized practice this semester. He said, Last week of intensive basic skills. Next week starts mental health. And more coffee. Beginning my mental health nursing rotation, I believe the most important thing is to go into it with an open mind. Focusing on using therapeutic communication is bound to be very different than the hands-on approach we hav...e utilized until now. While ‘talking' might not seem as exciting as those hands-on interventions, helping a patient move towards wellness is still my purpose within nursing. You’ve got this, Robert!

Save the date for our third annual Innovations in Simulation Summit presented by our Helene Fuld Health Trust Simulation Center on Tuesday, November 10, from 1:00 3:30 pm EST. This year’s summit will focus on using simulation to address systemic racism and promote cultural humility. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/columbia-school-of-nursing-3rd

Save the date for Columbia at Home: Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Communities on Wednesday, November 4, from 7 8pm. #ColumbiaNursing alum Julie Johnson ’79, owner and winemaker with Tres Sabores Winery in California will be part of the Columbia University in the City of New York panel addressing sustainable agriculture and its power to rebuild entire communities from the ground up. https://bit.ly/2TDtINB

How it started How it’s going. #ColumbiaNursing #ColumbiaNursingStrong #YearoftheNurse

People of color have not been sufficiently represented in health research, which has perpetuated injustice across the field and in broader society. We want to promote health equity by encouraging investigators to expand the body of research related to people of color, said Professor Jacquelyn Taylor to the ManhattanTimes. (page 9)

#ICYMI: Last month, Columbia Public Health hosted a two-day course featuring world-class scientific experts and leaders to explore a range of issues related to COVID-19. View a recording of the lectures.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Kenrick Cato who has been selected as a co-chair for the American Medical Informatics Association 2021 Virtual Clinical Informatics Conference, May 18-20. Learn more and apply to become a presenter.

Congratulations to PhD student Leah Estrada on being selected for Health Policy Research Scholars, a leadership program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Designed for doctoral students from historically marginalized backgrounds and populations underrepresented in specific disciplines, Health Policy Research Scholars helps researchers from all fields apply their work to policies that advance equity and health while building a diverse field of leaders who reflect... our changing national demographics. She said, "I'm humbled and honored to have been selected as a RWJF Health Policy Research Scholar to receive the supplemental predoctoral training I need to generate research as a nurse focused on health disparities and palliative care, and to be part of a cadre of diverse scholars that will inform and influence policy toward a #CultureofHealth." Bravo, Leah!

This #ColumbiaNursing cat costume could’ve fooled us! DNP student Minna Scott’s cat, Langston, is dressed up in Columbia Nursing scrubs and ready to take on clinical this #Halloween! How do you think he’ll do?

"Among the most important takeaways from this scientific statement is the need for health care providers in clinical settings to routinely assess sexual orientation and gender identity," said Assistant Professor Billy Caceres. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/938923

We’re honored to have received the 2020 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) New Era for Academic Nursing Award for our Linking to Improve Nursing Research (LINK) program, in partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. This award recognizes AACN member institutions that have successfully implemented recommended strategies from AACN's report, Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing.

Save the date for a special event next Friday, November 6 with author Beverly Tatum, who will be discussing her book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Following the conversation with Beverly Tatum, we will also be hosting a book club style discussion on the book. https://bit.ly/2TtQibg

Who’s excited for the #ColumbiaFunRun this weekend? Don’t forget to take pictures wearing your favorite #ColumbiaNursing swag on your run. Tag us in your photos for a re-post! https://bit.ly/3lSkvgh

Election day is only a few days away! Get registration information and preview your election ballot to learn about the New York City candidates vying for the vote in your local area with the "Who's on the Ballot" tool from Columbia | SIPA. #ColumbiaVotes

Congratulations to Associate Professor Maxim Topaz, who was awarded a $474K grant by the National Institute on Aging - NIH for his two-year Visiting Nurse Service of New York study titled, Nursers’ Documentation of Patient Diagnoses, Symptoms and Interventions for Home Care Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: A Natural Language Processing Study. Bravo!

Join the Center for Research on People of Color for their first Anti-Racism Speaker Series event on November 5. The event will feature Dr. Enobong (Anna) Branch, Senior Vice President for Equity and Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Her lecture, titled First, Do No Harm: Eugenics, Medicine and Devaluing Black Life, will be held virtually. https://bit.ly/3osIbKv

DNP students have been hard at work learning from our faculty preceptors at the ColumbiaDoctors Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Group in Washington Heights, as a part of their clinical rotation. Pictured here, FNP students Emily Bartlett, Tka Edwards, and Felita Salim work with nurse practitioners Rachel Drolet and Libbie Hall. The students spent their time at the practice fulfilling part of their required clinical rotation for the semester. Each student had the opportunity t...o work directly with patients, practicing physical exams, weekly. DNP-FNP student Felita Salim said, Working with the NPs at the Nurse Practitioner Group was a great experience! It's amazing to see a practice run solely by NPs who provide holistic and compassionate care. The staff was extremely welcoming to us as students and encouraged us to participate in the care of patients from well-check visits to pain management, and much more. Shout out to NP Rachel Drolet, she's awesome!

Dean Emerita Bobbie Berkowitz will be honored as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing tomorrow, Friday, October 30 at 6:30pm EST. This is the academy’s highest honor bestowed on individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary, sustained contributions to nursing and health care. We invite our #ColumbiaNursing community to join the livestream ceremony on the AAN’s YouTube channel. https://www.academypolicyconference.com/living-legends

Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Schnall, who received the 2020 Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award at yesterday’s FNINR NightinGala. This award is given to a mid-to-late career nurse scientist who has achieved one or more breakthroughs in theory development, research methods, instruments, or subject matter that has paved the way for other scientists, and who has influenced and mentored the next generation of nurse researchers. Bravo!

Thank you to everyone who supported future nurses on #ColumbiaGivingDay! Your gift will support the growth of an exceptional nursing workforce during this critical time.